Cuba forced to ‘paralyse economy’ amid desperate energy crisis -
"Cuba’s government has announced it will halt all non-vital state services and businesses for three days as it battles an energy crisis that has caused marathon blackouts for much of the country.

Prime Minister Manuel Marrero outlined the measures in an address Thursday night, saying the government had no choice but to “paralyse the economy.”

Millions of Cubans, long accustomed to frequent outages, have been hit by dramatically longer power blackouts recently, often stretching for 12 hours. Outside the capital, Havana, electricity is most scarce, often unavailable for over 18 hours a day...

In addition, the island’s two largest power plants, Antonio Guiteras and Felton, are both under-producing, the government said and will soon be taken off-line for maintenance, part of a four-year plan to revitalize Cuba’s decrepit infrastructure.

Finally, floating Turkish power ships that generate significant electricity for Cuba, ran out of fuel, causing them to shut off. (excerpts)

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/18/cuba-forced-to-paralyse-economy-amid-desperate-energy-crisis

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